-
You get no benefits and no NHS (you have to pay extra) if you are non EU.
Somebody I know had to get a passport as she's USA bit earns under 35K a year...she runs a charity. That, or eviction.
You pay the same taxes. You weren't educated here if you came here as an adult saving the UK loafs of £££
But if you don't want my tax money...
-
we'd be better off without people coming here to milk the country.
I agree.
Amazon, Vodafone, Starbucks, countless financial institutions. They all come here, take advantage of the infrastructure and stability, and syphon profits offshore, untaxed, into the hands of fewer and fewer people.
Or wasn't that the particular dog whistle you were blowing?
-
So, given the above responses. How exactly do you mean "milk the country". We get immigrants coming here and contributing to the net development and wealth of the country. The have to jump through hoops to get visas, to get leave to remain and to finally apply for citizenship. All the while they'll have been making that aforementioned contribution. So if, at the end of the day, they end up with the benefits of a UK passport, such as free movement around the EU and slightly less racial profiling from immigration officials and the right to come here and live and work when they want, isn't that a fair exchange? Or do you think they're getting more than they're giving? If so, perhaps share some examples?
And I'm keen to know what this "retirement package" is that you get just for having a UK passport? As far as I'm aware, there isn't one. Any pension provision that I'm aware of is based on contribution of National Insurance. Please enlighten me because I would hate to miss out on something that I'm entitled to as a UK passport holder.Actually, while I'm on the subject. With all of these immigrants coming over here and making a contribution and getting citizenship in return, how do you feel about British citizens going to other countries and milking them? Does that piss you off? Should we be controlling why our own citizens go to other countries?
Reading the posts above, I can't help but think, that maybe we'd be better off without people coming here to milk the country. Maybe I'm misinterpreting the above posts of people leaving for better prospects, but people who come to the UK become a citizen only to gain the benefits of a UK passport pisses me off. Please feel free to come to live here and input into making us a better off country, but don't milk us for a retirement package.